Xi Jinping on War & Peace

Humanitarian corridors for those fleeing war

The pope also mentioned the innocent victims of the conflict in Ukraine. "I am thinking of the old people, of the mothers fleeing with their children," he said. "They are brothers and sisters for whom it is urgent to open humanitarian corridors, and to give them welcome." Poland has given refuge to some 150,000 Ukrainians, while Romania, Moldova and Slovakia had also welcomed many refugees.

Pope Francis said that while our "heart is torn for what is happening in Ukraine, let us not forget what is happening also in other parts of the world--in Yemen, in Syria, in Ethiopia." He called again for an end to the fighting in Ukraine and these countries: "I repeat, let the guns be silenced."